Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मानसो ऽपि द्विजश्रेष्ठास् तापो भवति नैकधा इत्य् एवमादिभिर् भेदैस् तापो ह्य् आध्यात्मिकः स्मृतः //

Translation

ষষ্ঠ শ্লোক—যজ্ঞ, দান আৰু তপস্যাৰ ফলশ্ৰুতি সম্যকভাবে কোৱা হয়।

Word by Word

• mānasaḥ: mental
• mānasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular — adjective qualifying tāpaḥ

• api: also/even
• api: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (निपात)

• dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa 'best among dvijas'

• tāpaḥ: affliction/torment
• tāpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• bhavati: is/becomes
• bhavati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• na: not
• na: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• ekadhā: in one way
• ekadhā: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'in one way'

• iti: thus
• iti: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• evamādibhiḥ: by (statements) such as 'thus', etc.
• evamādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: evam (अव्यय) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; tatpuruṣa 'beginning with “thus/evam”'

• bhedaiḥ: by distinctions/types
• bhedaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• tāpaḥ: affliction
• tāpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• hi: indeed
• hi: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• ādhyātmikaḥ: pertaining to the self (internal)
• ādhyātmikaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādhyātmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular — predicate adjective of tāpaḥ

• smṛtaḥ: is called/considered
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त) → smṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used predicatively with implied 'is said/considered'

Speaker

• Vyāsa (implied).